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Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
… Congress in the 1990s at a time when genetic testing and genetics research was taking off at breakneck speed. GINA … diagnose a disease, or they might refuse to participate in genetics research. H.R. 2748 would prohibit insurance … protections against employment discrimination based on genetics. More on that later!   1996 Sen. Olympia Snowe …
Timeline
A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
… claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
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Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium Gail … Endowed Chair Medicine and Genome Sciences Head, Medical Genetics University of Washington, Seattle PI CSER … genomic sequencing into routine medical care  Explore the clinical application of genomic sequence data  Generate and …
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… 9 , 2015 Inclusion of Women and Minorities in NHGRI Clinical Studies FY2013 - FY2014 Jacqueline A. Odgis, BS … • Summary Overview • Inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research is scientifically important • Biennial … with NIH mandate to include women and minorities in clinical research • Covers Extramural and Intramural …
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… NHGRI’s Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) program … innovations and best uses of genomic sequencing in the clinical care of individual patients, including the ethical … projects: 1) recruitment of patients and physicians in a clinical setting; 2) generation and interpretation of genomic …
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… 8, 2016 Concept Clearance : Investigator -Initiated Clinical Sequencing Research (iCSR ) Purpose : NHGRI proposes … Announcement with Review (PAR) for Investigator -Initiated Clinical Sequencing Research ( iCSR ) as a companion to the three Requests for Application s (RFA s) for the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research Program …
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… 1986, Genetic Alliance has been the voice of advocacy in genetics. We are dedicated to enabling consumers to be the … Activities PCORnet: The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network PCORI’s National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network was created to help improve patient …
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… 1986, Genetic Alliance has been the voice of advocacy in genetics. We are dedicated to enabling consumers to be the … Genetic Alliance has created PEER to collect self-reported clinical data, and eventually electronic health record data, … providers. PEER enables participants to share their clinical information and biological specimens under …